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Dobsonian telescope

[ dob-soh-nee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a relatively inexpensive Newtonian telescope, suitable for visual but not photographic use, in which the tube assembly slips freely in the lower base.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Dobsonian telescope1

After John Dobson, U.S. astronomer, its inventor; -ian

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